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The poem is about a cat's tail and how it moves in different ways while the cat is sleeping or awake. When asleep, the tail can dance, wave, fall or rise. When awake the tail lies still alone and separate from the cat's body. The last verse suggests the tail could be a place where the cat's secret life and dreams continue even when it is awake.

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Week 1 Reading

The poem is about a cat's tail and how it moves in different ways while the cat is sleeping or awake. When asleep, the tail can dance, wave, fall or rise. When awake the tail lies still alone and separate from the cat's body. The last verse suggests the tail could be a place where the cat's secret life and dreams continue even when it is awake.

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Autumn One, Week One Name ______________________________

Reading Comprehension Home Learning


Read the text and answer the comprehension questions.

CAT
Judith Nicholls

My cat’s tail
can dance or beckon
whilst he sleeps,
can wave or threaten,
fall or rise.

Warily
it lies awake,
all on its own;
he wakes,
it lies forgotten.
It lies alone,
quite separate -
or so it seems.

Could it be the place


where, secretly,
his life goes on?
A space to hide for ever
a million catty dreams?

1. What part of the cat is the poem about?

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1 mark

2. What happens when the cat is asleep?

1 mark

3. Find and copy three words from the first verse that tell you how its tail moves.
1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________
1 mark

4. In the first verse ...can dance or beckon...

Give the meaning of the word beckon.

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1 mark

5. Warily
it lies awake,
all on its own;

Explain what these lines in the second verse mean.

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2 marks

6. Look at the last verse.

According to the poem, what could the cat's tail be for?

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2 marks

7. Did the poem make you think differently about cats?

Explain your answer.

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2 marks

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